{{Rwanda Health Ministry officials have urged the participation of community and the use of appropriate drugs and insecticide-treated bednets in order to curtail malaria-deaths by 2017.}}
Morbidity and mortality due to malaria have been declining since 2005 says, Dr. Corine Karema the head of division of Malaria and other Parasitic Diseases at Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC).
She says Rwanda has committed itself to eradicating malaria deaths by the year 2017.
In order to attain this goal strategies have been taken to the 6 districts that have 60% of people with Malaria Countrywide. The districts are Nyagatare ,Gatsibo ,Gisagara, Nyanza, Bugesera and Rusizi. 25th April is the world malaria day and this years theme is “Prepare your future with the fights against Malaria”.
A health facility at Nyacyonga, Kabuga recieves a large number of malaria cases.5205 cases were recorded at the health center in 2012.
The month of December had the highest number with 816 cases. For the first quarter of 2013 the health center has recorded more than 1950 cases of patients with 897 people in January.
Of 2000 malaria patients, 660 die every year mainly from sub-saharan Africa.However, malaria is gradually reducing since the year 2000 in many Countries. In Rwanda malaria prevalence was contained at 75%. The few cases of malaria has mainly been recorded during the raining seasons
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